FNB Gas on the draft regulation „BRÜCKEN“

FNB Gas welcomes the draft regulation in the “BRÜCKEN” procedure as an important step towards greater planning certainty in dealing with provisions for the decommissioning and dismantling of gas network infrastructure. In particular, it is noted positively that the draft avoids the hasty introduction of incentive mechanisms based on provisions and that no system adjustments will be made for the fourth regulatory period. The existing regulatory framework should remain unchanged for gas network operators that have already established provisions prior to 2025—particularly in the base year 2020.

At the same time, FNB Gas maintains its demand that actual costs of measures be fully taken into account as KAnEu in order to ensure appropriate and distortion-free effects in the efficiency comparison. Overall, it is emphasized that provisions, actual costs and transformation processes must continue to be systematically considered together in order to avoid disadvantages for individual network operators.

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